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(No om) L. 0. DEMAIN. OONGB'ALED BATTERY.

No. 525,537. Patentedsept. 4, 1894.

' for concealing the mozzies off the revolvers;

' each by the .icoeteiy vertical studs vertical series hoies 8, through which the some osieiiiv,

SlEGIFEGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent- 3. 5535,537 dated September 2-,

' Scn'el No. 507,275 (No modeL) Application filed April 12,18 34;

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that i, Lows O. BELL-KIN, cilizen of the United States, residing at Fairfax in the county of Franklin and State of Yer mont,heve invented a. new one use ul Fisioi- Firing Device, of which the foilm is e specification.

v The object of this invention is to provide device which Win-afford protection to bankers and other merchants from the csseiilis of cranks and robbers; and ihis end I etiein by arranging c series of revolvers behind the counter or a screen in "the office that th may be hired, upon the entry of she persons. 0

In the accompanying drawings; l i gure 1 represents a perspective View a rear side of a counter her-*isg myepplieece in connection therewith; Fig. 2, a side eievetien oi the device, showing the cosmic? "1 cross-section; Fig.3, a deteii perspective view o is zievice Fig. l, as similar View of "the for securing ihe muscles to ihe counter.

The covers]. 1'. indicates the coaster which may, 0i course, he any prefesred coosiructiou, and wh le I provide with the openings 2, to which the muzsles of the revolvers pass.

15 indicates revolvers, which are here shows to be two is member and supported These devices are one for each revolvei' ec l ere provied with ihe enlarged bases 5, formed. with screW-opew ings therein through screws pass to secure the standereis to she floor.

The standards 4 are each formed at their upcer ends vri 'h the forwardly-"extendiog poriiions 6, c.2111 W ll the parallel seproxi- 7 ilfifbififif echess devices, projections 6, are provided with the pin 9 ofthe trigger-operating mechanism passes.

The trigger-operating mechanism consists of two parallel bars 10, curved rea-rwcrdly at. their lower ends, and provided ihereet with the cross-bee of foot-piece 11, which 820/ tended beycn iithe standards 4. The bars 10 are eiso provided with a second brace-rod 12, extending from one to micelles and rigidly se cured to each.

Pin 9 extends from one of here 10 ie on- I i W T. i i. "UL? ii A ii @N s. see skies BKLIRFAQI, VEEIKONYK other, and beyond the same, and has its ends projected beyond the hers and journaied in one of the 'openi gs 8 iejthe standards 4-,

" *he operating frame is mounted on so to be capable of en oscillaiorymoveme ereon. 'ihepin Sis adapted to is one o the series of ogiehings 25, in

the 10, which openings are one or each of the openings 8,' in transverse align moot therewith.

Formed in the extreme upper ends of the rods or bars 10 are the openings 13, in which the trigger firing pic 14: is arrangedw This extends psrallei with the sin 9, and has i ends extended beyond the cars 10,-as in the pin 9. The pic lei is arranges so thatit will lie level with the top of 'ihe'erms or studs 2, and in position to engage the mg- '70 gers ihe 'evoivers 15. Each of the studs 7 have t 1.1L jecentfoees formed plane and ezici oiher, so thee they may re- Mile-portions 16 ofjzhe revolvers, i

1 iIh-QESL side-plates of the revolver handies to be removed before the revolvers 'hieis shown in can securel in place. l

iii-awin 2'? indicates two 5 crews, one foreech revolver, Whi cogs. one of the studs '7, and are ei'lepicii to bind against the revolver iii-REESE securing them in place. e o The ends oi? the studs are formed so that they will giy in the" specs usually 0c copied by side-pistes ithe handles. 8

hen i revoivers 1-5 are arranged in place their triggers will project over the portioos 6 of the respective s te-secrets i, and so that the pi: is will be in po ition to engage them, While ihe mosaics project forwardly to go the opening of the counter 1. Here the muzzle is screwed into the opeeiog 18 of the: bracket 19. i'eiiic casting having a, rim 2O rigidly secured to she side of the counter; and. having 5 The bracket 19 consists of a mei are formed of when which are adapted to have the'appearance of the usual orna- Iinents witliwhichcou nters are provided. The

"purpose ot-theme devices is to hide theopenings 2, sofas to prevent the rough-appearance which they would otherwise give, they being secured in place by g lue or'small tacks only, so thattheyi'inay bereafiilyremovedby the ball of the "revolver as it 'isfired; 1

In operation, whenla? person behind the counter is approached by a'robber or other dangerous character, all that will be necessary for him'to do is to move :the trigger-operating frame forward on its pin 2 9, thus bringingpin 11 into engagement; withthe triggers of the revolvers and causing them to be fired. This will force the buttonsfQ-Zfrom By means-0f the series of ,holes 8 and the bars 10 may be pivoted at'any part within the extent of the holes'and pin, thus-compensating for thediffierence ill thQ heights of the standards 4, such changes beingvmade nec e'ssary by the varying heights of counters.

Thus itthestandards hadtobe'ma le. longer. 7

- thantthey are shown,.it would be necessary to makebars 1O correspondingly long, and this would, in turn, make it necessary to pivbt them near the lower ends, which can be attained by changing the position of pin 9, and placing them in the holes 8, which are adjacent'to' the holes 25, occupied by the pin 9.

Having described my invention, what I claim is '1. A pistol-firing device comprising a rigid and vertical standard adapted tohave the pistol secured thereto, and a lever fnlcrumed to the standard-and adapted to engage the trigger of the pistol, whereby the be fired, substantially as described. v

' 2. A pistol-firing device consisting of a rigid standard having two parallel lugs arising pistol may therefrom and adapted to have'the pistol secured therebetween, the standard havinga vertical series of pivot-holes therein, and a lever provided with a pin adapted to fit in 'oneof the'holes whereby the lever is pivoted,

and a stud secured 'to the lever and adapted to engage the trigger of the pistol whereby the pistol may be fired by oscillating the lever,

substantially as described.

3. A pistol-firing device consisting of two or more standards rigidly secured to a ma tionary object, and adapted to have a. pistol secured to each, and a trigger-frame pivoted to and arranged between the standards and having two studs thereon, adapted to engage the pistol triggers, whereby thdpistols may be fired by oscillating the levers, substantially as described.

4. Apistol-firing device consisting of two or more standards adapted to be rigidly securedto a stationary object and each having two-parallelstandards thereon betweenwhich the pistols are adapted to be secured, and a trigger frame arranged between the standards and havinga pin thereon, said pin being adapted to fit into openings in the standards and to be pivoted thereby, and studs on the frame and adapted to engage the pistol triggers, whereby the pistols may be fired by oscillating the frame, substantially as described.

5. ,Apistol-ilring device consisting of two or more standards adapted to be rigidlysecured tea stationary object and adjacent to an oflice counter, and to have a pistol secured to each, the pistols being arranged with their muzzlessecuredin openings in the counter,

and a trigger frame pivoted between thestandards and having a connection with the pistol triggers, whereby thetpistols may be, fired by oscillatingthe'- frame, substantially as described.

' in testimony that I claim the foregoingas' my own I have hereto aliixed my'signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

. LOUIS C. DEMAIN.

Witnesses:

I GEoE. WATSON, GEO. W. PLAnoK. 

